The new board will include such prominent and respected experts as
retired Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann and retired
Assistant District Attorney Jon Reddin; retired Dane County prosecutors
Judy Schwaemle and John Norsetter; Manitowoc County Assistant District
Attorney Michael Griesbach; Port Washington Police Chief Richard Thomas;
Madison Police Department Capt. Vic Wahl; Marquette law professor
Daniel Blinka; State Public Defender Kelli Thompson; and attorneys
Stephen Hurley, Dean Strang, Stephen Glynn, Stephen Meyer, Gordon "Chip"
Davenport III, James Friedman, and Rebecca Mason, and former exonerated
client and now attorney Christopher Ochoa. Additional members may be
added to the board.

Keith Findley,
a clinical law professor at the UW Law School and co-director of the
Wisconsin Innocence Project, says the board will serve an important
role.

"The work we do advocating for the wrongly convicted can have
profound impact on the lives of the wrongly convicted, victims of crime,
and the functioning of the criminal justice system," he says. "To help
us chart an effective and appropriate course, we thought it best to
bring in experienced and respected actors from across the criminal
justice system to ensure full and balanced consideration of the issues
we confront."